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Journalists investigating the deaths of Russian soldiers that news reports claimed were killed during Russia's alleged involvement in Ukraine's conflict have been targeted in a series of attacks since late August, according to a press freedom group. Russia has denied that its soldiers were involved in the conflict, but journalists who spoke to the Committee to Protect Journalists said the attacks, mostly by unknown assailants, began after they tried to investigate the mysterious deaths of Russian soldiers.

New
York, March 11, 2014--Two reporters were detained by armed men in the autonomous
republic of Crimea, in southern Ukraine, while other journalists have reported
being assaulted covering the crisis and their equipment damaged or seized,
according to news reports. More than a dozen broadcasters have also been
censored, the reports said.